BBC Strictly Come Dancing viewers say 'well said' amid Chris McCausland blunder and Dianne Buswell fears

It's that time of year again when you can't walk down a supermarket aisle without stumbling across a pile of mince pies.

More flooding is “likely” this week after Storm Bert brought torrential rain over the weekend, the Environment Secretary said. Steve Reed said its impacts “should be less severe” than they were on Sunday and Monday morning., while the Met Office has warned more potentially heavy rain is set to arrive across southern areas of the country alongside colder temperatures on Wednesday.

A rioter who set fire to a generator as a mob besieged a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for six years. Scott Greenwood, 34, was filmed throwing wood on the fire during the disorder at the Holiday Inn Express at Manvers, near Rotherham, on August 4, Sheffield Crown Court heard.

Coronation Street star Cait Fitton has sweetly declared her love for one of her co-stars as they celebrated a personal milestone. The actress is close friends with actor Paddy Bever.

A huge change is coming for Vanderpump Rules.

Lilo and Stitch bewitched viewers back in 2002, and anticipation has been high for its live-action rendition which has now officially taken shape.

Dianne Buswell was quick to defiantly reassure Chris McCausland after comments to eachother at the end of their latest Strictly Come Dancing performance were uncovered.

Would you dare to try a soup that has been cooking for nearly half a century? Travel blogger Daniel Pinto did just that and shared a glowing review afterwards.

Barack Obama knew it was bullshit. His acceptance speech for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize says as much, arguing “force may sometimes be necessary.” While his nomination had been controversial, premature or entirely unearned, the speech received bipartisan praise.

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton almost broke up early into their romance.

Photos of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson on the set of the live action Moana movie were leaked last week, and his physique was on display!

CBS has confirmed the series finale date for The Talk.

I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! star Tulisa Contostavlos is said to be going on a “healing journey” in the jungle after opening up about her health battles and sexuality.

James Haskell has candidly discussed his personal life and the breakdown of his marriage to his ex-wife, Chloe Madeley, 37.

Jane Moore's kids have spoken out in her defence after tensions arose in the I'm a Celeb jungle when she was given washing-up to do as her camp duty.

While she had her first breakout role in “Bend It Like Beckham,” Keira Knightley first really became a household name thanks to her role in the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise. But now, years later, she has mixed feelings about ‘Pirates’ and is likely never going to do another big franchise again.

Idris Elba has an interesting filmography. He tends to go back and forth between interesting, challenging roles and blockbusters.

Rod Stewart will play the coveted “Legend” slot at the 2025 Glastonbury festival, joining an impressive roster of previous “legends” – from Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones to James Brown and David Bowie – who performed at “tea time” on Sunday at the famed British music fest.

Disney+‘s Star Wars: Skeleton Crew will premiere a day earlier than previously scheduled. The streamer announced today that the Lucasfilm series will launch with the first two episodes on Monday, Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. PST, with subsequent episodes streaming on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. for the remainder of the season. It was previously slated to premiere Dec. 3.

The Talk‘s 15-season run will come to an end with a final stretch of live shows the week of Dec. 16, leading to the Dec. 20 series finale. It is unclear whether any of The Talk‘s previous hosts, including show creator Sara Gilbert, would return for the farewell, with CBS only teasing that current hosts Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Natalie Morales, Jerry O’Connell and Sheryl Underwood will be “welcoming an array of guests” during their last week, along with big holiday giveaways.

Before Moana 2 rains a monsoon of cash, Universal’s witches musical, Wicked, will not go quietly in the night, in fact yesterday the Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande movie was grande indeed with an estimated $15.6M.

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, the award-winning documentary from filmmakers Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui (McQueen), is set to premiere on HBO at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on Saturday, December 7 and will also be available to stream on Max.

Howie Mandel realized he had a picture of Burr, 56, behind him instead of Corgan on the Tuesday episode of the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast, the Smashing Pumpkins founder understood it was an honest mistake.“It happens,” Corgan said. “Me and Bill Burr memes. If I had Bill Burr’s money I’d be happy to be Bill Burr.”Although he “guarantees” he doesn’t have Burr’s money, he did have a story about their possible relationship.

Charli XCX recently announced she’ll headline six North American ‘Brat Arena Tour’ concerts next spring.While on U.S. soil, the “Von Dutch” singer is slated to play a pair of gigs at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Wednesday, April 30 and Thursday, May 1.She also has shows lined up in Austin, TX (April 22-23), Minneapolis, MN (April 26) and Rosemont, IL (April 28).Prior to the brief run, the “SNL” host and musical guest will get crowds moving on both weekends of the 2025 Coachella Music Arts and Festival.

TikTok, the Wolf of Wall Street actor, clad in black clothes and pair of sunglasses, seemingly took a phone call upon realising there was a large crowd in the hotel foyer, before dipping his cap and putting his head down.DiCaprio didn’t appear to acknowledge any of the people singing to him, prompting commenters online to label the apparent snub “disrespectful”.Aside from the staff, who generally serenade all guests with a cultural tribute, there were also dozens of tourists in the foyer standing around filming DiCaprio as he made his exit into the back seat of a black car.“SHOULD’VE ACKNOWLEDGED THE FIJI WELCOMING PARTY,” one person wrote in the comments section.“He totally ignored the welcoming effort,” another said.“Not even a thank you or a wave,” a third added.A fourth said, “Don’t waste your energy my fiji whānau (family), he’s so disrespectful.”Another accused DiCaprio of taking a “fake call to ignore them.”Others, however, defended DiCaprio, pointing out how several guests were filming him as he attempted to make a low-key departure.“The staff need to use their common sense and realize A list celebrities hate attention like this in public,” one said.“Well at least they know not to do it again and respect his privacy,” another added.“He came for a private vacation,” a third pointed out.It’s not known why DiCaprio is in Fiji, though he has partnered with the South Pacific country in the past via his conservation organisation, the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF).In 2017, LDF provided a grant to provide renewable energy to rural communities.DiCaprio has long been a climate change activist, sensationally urging for action during his acceptance speech after taking home a long-awaited Best Actor Oscar for The

Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s feud has reached the legal level. Drake, 38, filed a pre-action petition in a Manhattan court Monday against Universal Music Group and Spotify and alleged they created a “scheme” to boost the success of Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”In court documents obtained by The Post, Drake’s Frozen Moments LLC said that UMG — which distributes both rappers’ music — used “bots” to “artificially inflate” the song’s streams, which “deceived consumers” into thinking Lamar’s track was more popular than it was in reality.UMG was also accused of paying influencers to boost the song on social media and paying Apple to have its Siri feature “purposely misdirect users” to Lamar’s song.

The Hollywood Reporter. He added, “There’s a hole. There’s a vacuum.

Glinda the Good Witch and Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West.Multiple outlets have reported that Grande, making her lead role film debut, was paid $15 million for her role in the movie. That’s 15 times as much as Erivo’s rumored paycheck of $1 million.As anyone who saw the wild scenes atWicked’s world premiere in Sydney earlier this month will attest, Grande brings a built-in fanbase from her hugely successful decade-long music career that the film’s producers no doubt thought was worth the extra investment.But perhaps more surprising is that several supporting cast members reportedly also earned bigger paychecks than Erivo for their smaller roles: Michelle Yeoh and Jeff Goldblum were rumored to have been paid $2 million each to play Madame Morrible and the Wizard of Oz respectively.Another of the film’s key supporting cast members, British actor Jonathan Bailey, is reported to have been paid $450,000 to play love interest Fiyero.Wicked is already a confirmed box office smash, raking in more than $10.3 million here in Australia during its first five days in cinemas.

hightailed it across the pond to the UK.Last week, it emerged that the comedian, 66, and the “Arrested Development” alum, 51, packed up and moved to England following Donald Trump’s election win earlier this month.Sources close to the couple, who wed in 2008, said they will likely “never” return to the US on a permanent basis.However, despite boasting a very close friendship with the former “Ellen Show” host, the “Suits” alum, 43, will not be looking to make a similar move herself for the second time, according to a former palace staffer.Grant Harrold, who had previously worked as King Charles’ personal butler for seven years, exclusively told The Post that Markle will not be “following suit.”“Meghan’s too much of an American girl, she doesn’t want to be in the UK permanently,” Harrold said of the former actress. “I can see her coming over for the holidays and having time over here, but living here permanently? I just don’t see it.”However, Harrold noted that the same theory doesn’t apply to Markle’s husband, Prince Harry.In fact, the former palace staffer believes the Duke of Sussex, 40, will be making that move eventually.“I do see it,” he said of the exiled prince.

Brad Pitt and girlfriend Ines de Ramon have made their plans for Thanksgiving this year.

annual Friendsgiving dinner, and that's how I will know that I've finally made it.On November 25, the Monday before the actual Thanksgiving holiday, the Friends actor posted, “a few scenes from Friendsgiving,” to . The “few scenes” were actually all contained in one picture, which showed a series of polaroids arranged on a table.Aniston didn't tag any of her friends who were featured in the polaroid spread, but if you look closely you can make out her Friends costar Courteney Cox, as well as .Earlier , which was reportedly attended not only by Cox and Bullock, but also by Aniston's ex-husband Justin Theroux and her Horrible Bosses costar Jason Bateman.

21 UK festivals had already been cancelled, postponed or scrapped, including Nozstock Hidden Valley who announced in December that 2024 would be their final incarnation after 26 years due to “soaring costs” and financial risk”.Elsewhere, the fan favourite Shepton Mallet skating and music festival NASS announced that they wouldn’t be putting on an event this summer either as it was “just not economically feasible to continue”. Bluedot announced a year off for the land to “desperately” recover after being struck by heavy rain and cancellations last summer, and, in April, PennFest cancelled their 2024 festival due to a “challenging economic climate”.AIF’s CEO John Rostron called 2024 a “devastating period” for festival organisers in the UK.

Basement Jaxx have announced a huge outdoor show in Manchester for next summer – find all the details below.Earlier this month, the electronic music duo – comprising Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe – confirmed that they would be returning to the stage in 2025 for their first live shows in 10 years.The forthcoming dates include appearances at Latitude Festival, Wilderness and Camp Bestival – as well as performances in Scarborough, Dublin, Exeter, Margate, London and Cardiff.In a previous statement, Buxton explained: “It feels like 2025 is the beginning of a new era for many and I think that’s probably true for Basement Jaxx too.”Now, the group have added another comeback date to their summer calendar. They’ll top the bill at Castlefield Bowl in Manchester on Saturday July 12 as part of the Sounds Of The City concert series.Basement Jaxx are set to be joined by some yet-to-be-confirmed “special guests” on the night.Super happy to announce we’ve added MANCHESTER to our run of Summer 2025 shows Tickets on sale FRIDAYhttps://t.co/Q6PkgyZ5gw— Basement Jaxx (@TheBasementJaxx) November 26, 2024Tickets go on general sale at 9am GMT this Friday (November 29) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.

Courtney Love has named Lana Del Rey as her dream collaborator – despite recently saying that the singer should “take seven years off”.During a new interview with The Standard, the soloist and former Hole frontwoman was asked who she would like to work with in the future.It came after Love recently featured on 070 Shake’s cover of Tim Buckley’s ‘Song To The Siren’.“I don’t do ‘collabs’ – man, I hate that word!” she replied. “However, I have co-written songs with some people on this [new solo] album.

Deadmau5 has collaborated with mobile game World of Tanks Blitz to unveil his new song ‘Familiars’.‘Familiars’ will be available on digital service providers later this week (November 29) but the music video for the euphoric club banger is out now. It features Deadmau5 putting on his mau5head and becoming a digital avatar before jumping into his customised tank and careening through a city landscape.World of Tanks Blitz is a free-to-play action shooter where players join teams of seven and take part in battles with other tanks.As well as working together on the new track, World Of Tanks Blitz is also set to host the ‘Deadmau5 In The House’ event.

EXCLUSIVE: Cold Haven, the Icelandic-Portuguese crime thriller drama, has wrapped shooting and we have first-look images of the series here.